Fig. 5.

Practical guidelines for method users. As the performance of a method mainly depends on whether a reference is needed, the strategy is adopted and the mathematical model used, we, therefore, provide a set of practical guidelines combining the accuracy, stability and user-friendliness of the method. The methods on the right are ranked according to their performance on a specific (set of) deconvolution method. Further to the right, the accuracy, stability, usability scores (+: ≥0.9; ±: ≥0.6; –: <0.6) and operating platform are displayed in order. The grey square denotes that the corresponding method fails to evaluate